Performers Needed for Theatre Audition "Dracula"

A simple and innocent young woman, but fanciful and dreamy with her ideals, on the brink of womanhood so has an energy to her the audience can feel. She is engaged to Jonathan Harker, and is best friends with Lucy, although their relationship is more reminiscent of sisters. Mina is enticed and taken by Dracula later in the script, so undergoes a strong character arc as a performer.

Mina’s best friend throughout the play, acting almost like a sister to her. An attractive, sensual young woman, she plays off of Lucy effortlessly. When watching scenes with these two, it’s almost as if you’re watching two friends have a sleepover, and their effervescent joy and carefreeness is evident in all their body language and movements. She’s in love with Dr. John Seward, and is the first one taken by Dracula, later becoming a vampire.

Mina’s fiancé, Jonathan is a well-traveled businessman who initially journeys to sell land to Dracula in the Carpathian Mountains. He keeps an extensive journal and letters of his experiences (which he sends to his love, Mina) and often speaks to the audience as if reading passages from them. Jonathan is manipulated by Dracula in an attempt to steal his identity, and becomes seemingly insane after his return business trip.

A psychologist, he is the love interest of Lucy. Seward is obsessed with two things throughout the play: finding love and unlocking the mind of a madman. His focus during the attempts of the latter is on a man featuring symptoms and psychosis named Renfield. Seward attempts to help diagnose Lucy when she begins to act out (to no avail), and is the first to notice the bite marks on her neck. He calls upon an old professor, Abraham Van Helsing, to aid in the situation.

A complex character throughout the show, he is locked in the sanatorium for being “crazy.” Renfield is kept separate from the others for most of the play’s action, and he often talks to himself, which in turn an aside to the audience. He is heavily manipulated by Dracula to do his bidding (which makes us question IS he really crazy, or just a pawn in Dracula’s game?). Renfield should be agile, able to move quickly and be flexible.

A philosopher, his life’s work is in researching unexplainable and supernatural illnesses. He’s called by Dr. Seward to help with Lucy after they discover the bite marks on her neck. He’s reluctant at first, but eventually comes to offer aid. Van Helsing knows upon seeing Lucy she’s been bitten by a vampire, and does a blood transfusion to keep the symptoms at bay. He doesn’t share his findings at first since because he doesn’t think the group will believe in vampires.

The count of Transylvania, Dracula is mysterious, manipulative, sexy, and stoic. When he enters a room, the air is seemingly sucked out and all eyes are on him. He commands attention (as we see from his control over Renfield, and Lucy). He’s ruthless and dangerous, but will tease you with his seemingly aloof and unaware approach to people and situations.

These two women are from another world and are meant to do Dracula’s bidding. Their only goal is to seduce and manipulate the other characters, in particular Jonathan Harker. They should be comfortable moving onstage and almost have a lyrical, dancer-like quality to their bodies. Their approach will include touching and light kissing of the other characters and they’ll always be close behind Dracula, almost as if led on a leash by him.

These characters will be double cast and act as the glue for the entirety of the show. They’ll allow the chaos to unfold onstage, as they keep the plot moving forward with their questions and aid to those around them. While their parts are smaller, they’ll be well used and involved in.